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HARRY ALLAN HIPKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1946 – September 9, 1965
Service recordHarry Allan Hipke, of Gleason, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 79
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Gleason, Wisconsin (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 79
- THOMAS EUGENE CZZOWITZCorporal · September 9, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM MAHLERPrivate First Class · September 9, 1965
- PAUL JOSEPH MARQUEZSpecialist Four · September 9, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 78
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2E, Line 79
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · Panel 2E, Line 80
From Gleason
- LARRY CLARENCE MOSHERSergeant · November 12, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.